How To Fix A Wide Shoulder Top

Video How to Fix a Loose Shoulder Shirt If a shirt fits your bust or hips, but is too wide at the shoulders, use this method to change it up. Learn how to change the shoulders on a blouse for a custom fit. This is a common fit problem with certain clothing styles and certain body types. or inner sleeve. This is one of the sewing and alterations you can make yourself! I found this gorgeous embroidered blouse at the thrift store and I fell in love with it. I put it on, and I like the bust and hips better. Unfortunately it’s a little too wide for my shoulders and I need to fix it. I recommend this tutorial for blouses or coats that are much larger than your body size. There are too many other details on the shirt that may have to be fixed or altered to make it look right to you.

Shaped Sleeves vs Drop-Down Sleeves

Read more: how to clean a well-fitting New Age hat This guide is for overalls sleeves, not for loose sleeves. Shaped sleeves are required to fit around the shoulders so the arms can have a lot of movement. The falling sleeves are starting to drift off the shoulders and it looks a bit more like a straight line.

How to change the shoulder on a blouse

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The shirt fits at the bust and hips, but not at the shoulders
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How to sew a sleeve

Wear the shirt into the correct underwear. (Underwear makes a big difference in how clothes will fit.) Mark the new shoulder seam. The classic place for the seam is on the slit that rises above your shoulder before it curves down the arm. Move the mark from one shoulder to the other. Mine was about 1/2 inch from the sleeve. Use a seam cutter and remove both sleeves from the shirt. Pin the sleeve to the new curve. Make a smooth seam between the original seam under the sleeve and the new seam on the sleeve. Read more: Movies like how to lose a guy in 10 daysIf the sleeve still fits the hole, you can move on to the next step Step If the sleeve is too small to fit in the hole, you can take the bottom seam from the bottom. the end of the sleeve opening and taper to the hem. the sleeve will translate to a new seam on the shirt. a blouse using this tutorial, I’d love to see! Please share it on social media with hashtag #heatherhandmade and tag me! Read more: How to create a tornado in a box [mailerlite_form form_id=5]